Remixing and
distribution of web
content made dead easy
Christian Heilmann
Future of Web Apps UK Tour 2009

Evolution

What is
the web?

Documents
The internet is a media.

The internet is a media.
Things

Data

Connected

Hunters &
Gatherers

My name is Chris. I am a German living
in London, England and one of my
favourite places to go is Hong Kong. I
also enjoyed Brazil a lot.

My name is Chris. I am a German living
in London, England and one of my
favourite places to go is Hong Kong. I
also enjoyed Brazil a lot.
Name: Brazil
Type: Country
Name: London, England, GB Latitude: -14.2429
Type: Town Longitude: -54.3878
Latitude: 51.5063
Longitude: -0.12714 Name: Hong Kong
Type: Country
Latitude: 22.4112
Longitude: 114.154
http://icant.co.uk/jsplacemaker/getinfo.html

My name is Chris. I am a German living
in London, England and one of my
favourite places to go is Hong Kong. I
also enjoyed Brazil a lot.

APIs

Language

showinfo (bool)
show video title before
video starts playing.
showannotations(bool)
display video
annotations.

Simplicity

http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/

What can you do with this?

select * from
upcoming.events where
location = quot;cambridge,ukquot;

select * from
upcoming.events where
woeid in (select woeid
from geo.places where
text=quot;Cambridge,UKquot;)

select * from
upcoming.events where
woeid in (select woeid
from geo.places where
text=quot;Cambridge,UKquot;)

select
title,url,venue_name,
description from
upcoming.events where
woeid in (select woeid
from geo.places where
text= quot;cambridge,ukquot;)

select title,url,venue,
description from
upcoming.events where
woeid in (select woeid
from geo.places where
text= quot;cambridge,ukquot;)

select title from
twitter.user.timeline
where id=quot;codepo8quot;

select title from
twitter.user.timeline
where id=quot;codepo8quot;and
title like quot;%@%quot;

select title from
twitter.user.timeline
where id=quot;codepo8quot; or
id=quot;ydnquot; and title like
quot;%@%quot;

select * from
search.termextract where
context in
(select title from
twitter.user.timeline
where id=quot;codepo8quot;)

select * from html where
url=quot;http://news.bbc.co.ukquot;
and xpath=quot;//td[2]//aquot;

select alt from html where
url=quot;http://news.bbc.co.ukquot;
and xpath=quot;//td[2]//a/
img[@alt]quot;

select * from
flickr.photos.search where
text in
(select alt from html where
url=quot;http://news.bbc.co.ukquot;
and xpath=quot;//td[2]//a/
img[@alt]quot;)

Flexibility
๏ mix and match APIs
๏ filter results
๏ simplify authentication
๏ use in console or from
code
๏ minimal research of
documentation
๏ caching of results
๏ proxied on Yahoos
servers

Extending

use quot;http://www.datatables.org/
nestoria/nestoria.search.xmlquot; as
nestoria;
select * from nestoria where
place_name=quot;Cambridgequot;

http://github.com/spullara/yql-tables/tree/master

Re-Use

Sources:
http://www.caption.it/create/scrabble.php
http://www.nematodes.org/NeglectedGenomes/DEUTEROSTOMIA/
Axolotl/ATC.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/
Magna_Carta.jpg
http://www.vibrant.com/cable-messes.php
http://toomuchfree-time.blogspot.com/2008/12/poke-maniac.html
Tower of Babel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fimoculous/
3210086353/
Leatherman: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paalb/11772559/ (scary
search topic)
London: http://www.flickr.com/photos/67871380@N00/3483861225
Hong Kong: http://www.flickr.com/photos/
29650319@N06/3571513488
Brazil: http://www.flickr.com/photos/3336/237971526/

T H A N K S !
Keep in touch:
Christian Heilmann
http://wait-till-i.com
http://scriptingenabled.org
http://twitter.com/codepo8